# מלא
## Aramaic
### Pronunciation 1

* IPA: /mɛleʔ/

#### Noun

מלא • (transliteration needed) c pl (singular מלתא)
* words
* things, matter
* (grammar) verbs
* (grammar) voices

### Pronunciation 2

* IPA: /mlɑʔ/

#### Verb

מלא • (transliteration needed)
* to fill, to be filled
* to be complete

## Hebrew

* Root
* מ־ל־א (m-l-ʾ)
* 9 terms

### Etymology

Compare Ge'ez መልአ (mälʾä, “to fill, to be full”) Arabic مَلَأَ (malaʔa, “to fill”) and Akkadian malû 𒌑𒂷𒇷 umalli 𒀯𒇻 mullu.

### Adjective

מָלֵא • (malé) (feminine מְלֵאָה, masculine plural מְלֵאִים, feminine plural מְלֵאוֹת)
* Full (of), filled (with).
** 2005, אסף גברון (translator), Audrey Niffenegger (English author), “אשתו של הנוסע בזמן” (The Time Traveler’s Wife), Kinneret, Zmora-Bitan, Dvir (publishers), →ISBN, page 49:
    קרחת היער ריקה חוץ משקית מלאה בגדים […]karákhat hayá'ar reká khuts misakít m'le'á b'gadím […] The clearing is empty except for a shopping bag full of clothes and […]
* Whole, total, full, complete.
    ליקוי מלא ― likúi malé ― a total eclipse
    דגנים מלאים ― d'ganím m'le'ím ― whole grains
    שוויון מלא בין המינים ― shivyón malé ben haminím ― full equality between the sexes
    ירח מלא ― yaréakh malé ― a full moon
    נשים מלאות ― nashím m'le'ót ― full-figured women
* (invariable) A lot of, tons of, loads of.
** 2007 January 1, ליאת לוי־קופלמן (Liat Levi-Kopelman), “הנשימה האחרונה של אחותי והראשונה של התינוק שלי” (han'shimá ha'akharoná shel akhotí v'harishoná shel hatinók shelí, “My sister's last breath and my baby's first”), in Ynet:
    אבל רק בסוף השבוע כי יש לה מלא עבודה.avál rak b'sóf hashavúa ki yesh lah malé avodá.But only on the weekend because she has a ton of work.

#### Derived terms

* בְּפֶה מָלֵא (b'fé malé)
* כְּתִיב מָלֵא m (k'tív malé)

### Verb

מָלֵא • (malé) (pa'al construction)
* To fill, to become full.
** Tanach, Genesis 9:1, with translation of the English Standard Version:וַיְבָרֶךְ אֱלֹהִים אֶת נֹחַ וְאֶת בָּנָיו וַיֹּאמֶר לָהֶם פְּרוּ וּרְבוּ וּמִלְאוּ אֶת הָאָרֶץ׃And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.
* To complete.
* To reach an age, to become a number of years old.
** 1973, Gabi Shoshan (גבי שושן), Shesh Esre Malu Lanaar (שֵׁשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה מָלְאוּ לַנַּעַר).
    שֵׁשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה מָלְאוּ לַנַּעַר וְלִבּוֹ הָמָהshesh 'es'ré mal'ú lana'ar v'libó hamá(Literal) Sixteen filled the teenager and his heart became full of activity. (Idiomatic) The teenager reached sixteen and his heart yearned.

#### Further reading

* H4390 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

### Verb

מִלֵּא • (milé) (pi'el construction)
* defective spelling of מילא.

### Verb

מֻלָּא • (mulá) (pu'al construction)
* defective spelling of מולא.

### References

* ↑ English from: Audrey Niffenegger, The Time Traveler’s Wife, Harcourt (2004), →ISBN, page 44.

## Yiddish
### Etymology

From Hebrew מלא.

### Adjective

מלא • (mole) ?
* tipsy; drunk
* (with noun) full of

#### Derived terms

* מלע-גזלן (mole-gazlen, “Full of anger; furious”)
* מלע-חימה (mole-kheyme, “Full of anger; furious”)
* מלע-חן (mole-kheyn, “Attractive”)
* מלע-רחמים (mole-rakhmim, “Full of mercy”)
* מלע-שׂאימחה (mole-simkhe, “Full of joy”)
* ממלע זײַן (memale zayn, “To fill, refill, repay”)

### References

* Steven A. Jacobson (1998) A Guide to the More Common Hebraic Words in Yiddish, 5th edition, Fairbanks, AK: National Yiddish Book Center, →ISBN, pages 108-109